A review of the relationship between patent foramen ovale and type II decompression sickness

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1113-1120

  Saary, M J ^a   Gray, G W ^a  

^a St M Occup Hlth Service Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic stroke; Decompression sickness; Diving; Patent forame ovale; VGE

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVING; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0035190938     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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